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CVE-2018-0051

Junos OS: Denial of Service vulnerability in MS-PIC, MS-MIC, MS-MPC, MS-DPC and SRX flow daemon (flowd) related to SIP ALG

High7.5EPSS 1.6%
Published
Updated
Reserved
Assigned by
juniper

Description

A Denial of Service vulnerability in the SIP application layer gateway (ALG) component of Junos OS based platforms allows an attacker to crash MS-PIC, MS-MIC, MS-MPC, MS-DPC or SRX flow daemon (flowd) process. This issue affects Junos OS devices with NAT or stateful firewall configuration in combination with the SIP ALG enabled. SIP ALG is enabled by default on SRX Series devices except for SRX-HE devices. SRX-HE devices have SIP ALG disabled by default. The status of ALGs in SRX device can be obtained by executing the command: show security alg status Affected releases are Juniper Networks Junos OS: 12.1X46 versions prior to 12.1X46-D77; 12.3X48 versions prior to 12.3X48-D70; 15.1X49 versions prior to 15.1X49-D140; 15.1 versions prior to 15.1R4-S9, 15.1R7-S1; 15.1F6; 16.1 versions prior to 16.1R4-S9, 16.1R6-S1, 16.1R7; 16.2 versions prior to 16.2R2-S7, 16.2R3; 17.1 versions prior to 17.1R2-S7, 17.1R3; 17.2 versions prior to 17.2R1-S6, 17.2R2-S4, 17.2R3; 17.3 versions prior to 17.3R1-S5, 17.3R2-S2, 17.3R3; 17.4 versions prior to 17.4R2. No other Juniper Networks products or platforms are affected by this issue.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2018-0051, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
juniperCNA (assigner)3.0High7.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVDNVD · Modified3.0Medium5.9CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
1.6% · top 24% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.

Weakness

Affected products

  • Juniper Networks · Junos OS

    • affected 12.1X46 – < 12.1X46-D77
    • affected 12.3X48 – < 12.3X48-D70
    • affected 15.1X49 – < 15.1X49-D140

  • Juniper Networks · Junos OS

    • affected 15.1F6
    • affected 15.1 – < 15.1R4-S9, 15.1R7-S1
    • affected 16.1 – < 16.1R4-S9, 16.1R6-S1, 16.1R7
    • affected 16.2 – < 16.2R2-S7, 16.2R3
    • affected 17.1 – < 17.1R2-S7, 17.1R3
    • affected 17.2 – < 17.2R1-S6, 17.2R2-S4, 17.2R3
    • affected 17.3 – < 17.3R1-S5, 17.3R2-S2, 17.3R3
    • affected 17.4 – < 17.4R2

What to do

Solution: The following software releases have been updated to resolve these specific issues: 12.1X46-D77, 12.3X48-D70, 12.3X48-D75, 14.1X53-D47, 15.1R4-S9, 15.1R7-S1, 15.1X49-D140, 15.1X53-D471, 15.1X53-D490, 15.1X53-D59, 15.1X53-D67, 16.1R4-S9, 16.1R6-S1, 16.1R7, 16.2R2-S7, 16.2R3, 17.1R2-S7, 17.1R3, 17.2R1-S6, 17.2R2-S4, 17.2R3, 17.3R1-S5, 17.3R2-S2, 17.3R3, 17.4R2, 18.1R1, 18.1X75-D10, 18.2R1, 18.2X75-D5, and all subsequent releases. This fix has also been proactively committed into other releases that might not support SIP ALG configuration.

Workaround: Disable the use of the SIP ALG feature if it is not needed.

Exploitation: Juniper SIRT is not aware of any malicious exploitation of this vulnerability.

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